Former champions MCC Red prevailed over MCC Purple by six runs to storm into the MCC Pr0-40 Elite League final, played at Oval Maidan. They take on hot favourites MCC Green for the coveted title. MCC Green, earlier defeated Blue team by a solitary run in the other semifinal.
Put into bat, Red batters, led by Anand Tiwari (57), went all out to end up 218 for nine in their allotted quota of 40 overs. Apart from the bat of Anand, other notable contributions came from Dev Jamula (50) and Divyansh Saxena (46). However, Purple batters too went for the bowling, treating pace and spin alike, but fell short by six runs. Anand for his 57 and two wickets, was adjudged the ‘Man-of-the-match’.
Brief scores: MCC (Elite) Pro- 40 League (2nd-Semifinals): MCC (Red) 218/9 (Anand Tiwari 57, Dev Jamula 50, Divyansh Saxena 46; Adarsh Yadav 3/16, Anand Ashwin 2/22) bt MCC (Purple) 212/8 off 40 overs (Divyansh Kumar 48, Ridhikant Tripathi41, Om Bangar 39, Dalron Rodriques 37; Anand Tiwari 2/27) by 6 runs. MOM – Anand Tiwari.
